"I thought so too. Straight away, I returned to the bench they had sat on. I looked around. The man who was with the girl was still in one of the shops in the mall. He was looking at the items sold in that shop. If he had realized that I was following them, he would have disappeared as soon as I entered the hall that led to the toilet. In fact, he was still there."
"Didn't you see someone else was following them?"
"Other people? Why do you think like that?"
"There is a possibility that someone else is following the girl. The girl left after realizing that they were being followed. After the girl entered the hallway, soon the person following her also entered there. The man looked down, not because he was reading a book, but watching to see if the person they suspected would follow the girl into the passage. After someone actually followed the girl into the passage, the man felt relieved that it was not he who was being followed, but the girl."
"Before the man got up from the bench, there were indeed several people who entered the aisle. There were also people who entered half running. But that's a toilet. So it's normal if there were a lot of people going in there. It's also normal if someone was seen in a hurry. Maybe they are dying, have a powerful urge to urinate or defecate."
"What I said was just my imagination," said Yihshyong. "It's possible that nothing actually happened. The girl did part with the man on the bench. Each of them then continued their own activities. Then did you go straight home after that?"
"No. I decided to follow the man. He then left the mall and entered the mall across the street."
"The two malls facing each other?"
"Right!"
"He seemed to walk around like a normal person while in the mall. But then he stopped walking. He walked into a shop. I didn't dare go any closer. I walked into another shop that was nearby."
"What was he doing there?"
"He just stood there. I was also confused by his behavior. From where I stood, I couldn't see clearly. So I ventured to get closer. I knew it was very risky, but I had to do it. After getting close, I realized he was observing someone. who was in the diner across from the shop where the man was standing. When I turned to look at the diner, I was very surprised."
"He was observing someone we know," Yihshyong guessed.
"That's right! I saw Dahge there. He was eating with someone."
"Was Dahge with a woman?"
"So true!"
"Miss Liuchiou?"
"No."
"The girl you were stalking?"
"Nor!"
"Then who was she?"
"I don't know. I've never seen her before."
"How did that woman look?"
"She's very pretty. She's in her mid-thirties. So it's a lot different from Miss Liuchiou or the girl Dahge was after."
"This is a new mystery for us. After being friends with Dahge for so long, it turns out that there are many things we don't know about. If something like this had not happened to us, maybe we would never know the other side of Dahge."
Iren nodded. He agreed with Yihshyong.
"Instantly, I went into another shop to hide. About two minutes later, Dahge and the woman finished eating. They left that place right away."
"Then, was that man following Dahge?"
"No. As soon as Dahge left, the man came out of the shop where he was hiding. He went straight into the restaurant where Dahge had just finished eating. With very fast steps, he approached the table where Dahge was sitting. You know what he was doing there ?"
"Photographing the table?"
"No. From inside the bag he was carrying, the man took out a transparent plastic bag that looked like the plastic bag that police usually use as a container for storing evidence. Quickly, but very carefully, he took the glasses that Dahge and the woman had used to drink from. After putting the glasses in the plastic bag, he put the plastic bag back in his bag."
"I thought so too. Straight away, I returned to the bench they had sat on. I looked around. The man who was with the girl was still in one of the shops in the mall. He was looking at the items sold in that shop. If he had realized that I was following them, he would have disappeared as soon as I entered the hall that led to the toilet. In fact, he was still there."
"Didn't you see someone else was following them?"
"Other people? Why do you think like that?"
"There is a possibility that someone else is following the girl. The girl left after realizing that they were being followed. After the girl entered the hallway, soon the person following her also entered there. The man looked down, not because he was reading a book, but watching to see if the person they suspected would follow the girl into the passage. After someone actually followed the girl into the passage, the man felt relieved that it was not he who was being followed, but the girl."
"Before the man got up from the bench, there were indeed several people who entered the aisle. There were also people who entered half running. But that's a toilet. So it's normal if there were a lot of people going in there. It's also normal if someone was seen in a hurry. Maybe they are dying, have a powerful urge to urinate or defecate."
"What I said was just my imagination," said Yihshyong. "It's possible that nothing actually happened. The girl did part with the man on the bench. Each of them then continued their own activities. Then did you go straight home after that?"
"No. I decided to follow the man. He then left the mall and entered the mall across the street."
"The two malls facing each other?"
"Right!"
"He seemed to walk around like a normal person while in the mall. But then he stopped walking. He walked into a shop. I didn't dare go any closer. I walked into another shop that was nearby."
"What was he doing there?"
"He just stood there. I was also confused by his behavior. From where I stood, I couldn't see clearly. So I ventured to get closer. I knew it was very risky, but I had to do it. After getting close, I realized he was observing someone. who was in the diner across from the shop where the man was standing. When I turned to look at the diner, I was very surprised."
"He was observing someone we know," Yihshyong guessed.
"That's right! I saw Dahge there. He was eating with someone."
"Was Dahge with a woman?"
"So true!"
"Miss Liuchiou?"
"No."
"The girl you were stalking?"
"Nor!"
"Then who was she?"
"I don't know. I've never seen her before."
"How did that woman look?"
"She's very pretty. She's in her mid-thirties. So it's a lot different from Miss Liuchiou or the girl Dahge was after."
"This is a new mystery for us. After being friends with Dahge for so long, it turns out that there are many things we don't know about. If something like this had not happened to us, maybe we would never know the other side of Dahge."
Iren nodded. He agreed with Yihshyong.
"Instantly, I went into another shop to hide. About two minutes later, Dahge and the woman finished eating. They left that place right away."
"Then, was that man following Dahge?"
"No. As soon as Dahge left, the man came out of the shop where he was hiding. He went straight into the restaurant where Dahge had just finished eating. With very fast steps, he approached the table where Dahge was sitting. You know what he was doing there ?"
"Photographing the table?"
"No. From inside the bag he was carrying, the man took out a transparent plastic bag that looked like the plastic bag that police usually use as a container for storing evidence. Quickly, but very carefully, he took the glasses that Dahge and the woman had used to drink from. After putting the glasses in the plastic bag, he put the plastic bag back in his bag."
